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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Health Plans Step Up to Address Stimulant Misuse

By Gina Shaw
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Kimberly Lenz, PharmD

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—With stimulant misuse and overdose on the rise, many health plans are implementing strategies to ensure the appropriate use of prescription stimulants, speakers noted at the AMCP Nexus 2022 meeting.

These approaches are sorely needed, given the high numbers of people misusing stimulants. In 2020 alone, more than 5 million adolescents, teenagers and adults used prescription stimulants inappropriately, such as medications for attention